Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-02
CLOTURE WINS THE DAY
ER!N'S FRIENDS BEATEN BY A
VOTE OF 36I TO 253.

The First Reading of the Coercion Bill
Then Agreed Upon Without Division
An Animated Debate Precedes the
Voto-LOrd Cadogan's Bill Made Ri
diculOus by the Critics-Sympathy Of
the Legislatures,
LONDON, April LIN the House Of
Commons tonight W. II. Smith, First
Lord of the Treasury, suggested that if
the Irish crimes bill be read the first time
tonight, the second reading could be
taken up Tuesday, and then there would
be an interval of week between the Sc G.
ond reading and gong into committee. He
said III was the imperative duty OF the gov
ernment to insist that the House come to
an early decision on the principle of the
bill. Referring to the land Dill, ne SAID it
was of vital Importance that the govern
ment use every effort to make the meas
ure law.
NAKED DISHONESTY,
Mr.. Parnell, upon rising TO resume the
debate on the crimes bill, was cheered.
He said that with the production OF the
land bill yesterday Parliament had been
put in possession of the complete plan OF
the government in all its nakedness and
dishonesty. The land bill had revealed
the extent of the plot and the gravity OF
the conspiracy through which the Con-
servatives and Liberal UniOnists intend.
ed to try TO cOerce tenants in Ireland into
the payment OF impossible rents and
compel them to purchase their
landlords interest at eXorbitant rates.
Ii the House should ever give
the government power thus to cOerce
the people, the result would most GER
tainly be Wholesale repudiation. involving
immense loss to British taxpayers.
Hear! Hear!.l
INDECENT HASTE.
The government we're pressing on coer-
ciOn with indecent haste. They had re-
fused to carry out the recommendations
of the land commission. If the coercion
bill were passed the last defense of the
tenants against wholesale robbery would
be removed. In justly regulated land
purchase lay the only hope of settling
the land question if it was done at fair
prices, and in the absence of coercion the
Irish tenants would fulfill their obliga-
tioDs to the last penny. He went on TO
complain of the absence OF official infor-
nation concerning crime in Ireland. The
government had given them the opinion
OF four Judges who thought crime was
seriously increasing.
TWELVE CONTRARY OPINIONS.
He could quote twelve judges to show
absence of serious crime. AS to the al.
legged failures of juries to convict. the
cases had been grossly eXAggerated. They
were utterly insufficient grounds for de-
stroying the liberties of Ireland. The
National League had been called tyranny,
but there was no proof that any pressure
had been put on any one to join the
League. 1t was purely national body,
1l1a-
feeling, and no branch OF the
league had ever been known to exercise
force in order to impress members. Pro-
ceeding TO discuss the provisions of the
bill Mr.Parnell cOntended that the powers
given to magistrates would enable them
to send political opponent to prison for
six mOnths-to a plank bed and prison
diet, No part Of previous coercion acts
had excited so much distrust of English
justice as the proposal to change the
venue of trials and to bring lrishmen be-
fore special En- nglish juries,
A REIGN OF JUD ICIAL MURDER.
The proposal meant reign Of judicial
murder. 1t meant that all the hopes of
the better times which seemed daWning
upon Ireland would disappear. that a
system OF suDoIdination of witnesses and
Wholesale perjury before partisan juries
was to prevail, sending innocent persons
to the sCatfold and convicb5 cell. WHAT
was the only state Of society that could
arise under this reign OF terror? Secret
societies would spring up, fcstereG
by the sutf5rings of an oppressed
nation, and those who had been persist.
ent III counselng the people to observe
patience and moderation might counsel
in vain, but he would still counsel them
to submit to injustice rather than retail
ATE or do anything that might drive Mr..
Gladstone from their side or increase his
ANTIQUITIES or place him in a false posi-
tion with the Liberals.
THE BATTLE IN IRELAND WON.
Their battle was now won in Ireland.
rCheers.l There might be some suffering
and much tyrrany yet - be endured, but
they could be as nothing compared with
what the Irish people mad gone through
in the past. a little waiting and Uhe
eternity proposed for this bill would die
appear before the brighter time whrn Mr..
Gladstone would be aOie to appeal once
more 10 the sense Of justice OF the people
OF Great Britain, and receive full power
to do right TO Ireland. [Cheers. The
party which alone could gain by violence
by the people OF Ireland going beyond the
law was the present government. That
was tue reason this bill had been brought
forward.
ITS MISERABLE OBJECT.
Its object was TO strength IN the govern.
ment's own miserable position. Let not
the people of Ireland fall into the tolls
thus set for them. He greatly feared the
results of the bill, but he would not cease
to tell them mat the situation was en-
tirely different from that i've wears ago,
and that for them victory was certain.
Tho people OF Ireland would again bear
the strain with patience. Mr.. Gladstone
would not find his action hampered or his
hands sullied IN the great aud glorious
work be had undertaken. Cheers.l He
concluded by moving that the house
resolve itself into committee TO
consider the state OF Ireland.
HARRGNGToN's HUMoR.
Mr.. Harrington, amid great laughter.
read letters from the knight OF Kerry,
Lord MOnck, and Others, applying ON be-
half OF friends aud relatives for stipend
iary magistrateships In Ireland. When
asked where he had obtained the letters
he replied that he had bought them at
auction. This reply was received with
shouts OF laughter. Mr.. Harrington pro-
ceeded TO explain that the
principal qualifications urged in
behalf Of the applicants were
poverty and large families. On being IN
terrupted by cries OF ''divide," the speaker
said be was not surprised at the impa-
tience shown by tue gentlemen opposite